Predictors of hospital surface contamination with Extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae: patient and organism factors

BACKGROUND: The role of the hospital environment in transmission of ESBL-Klebsiella pneumoniae (ESBL-KP) and ESBL-Escherichia coli (ESBL-EC) is poorly defined. Recent data however suggest that in the hospital setting, ESBL-KP is more transmissible than ESBL-EC. We sought therefore to measure the dif...

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Autores principales: Freeman, Joshua T, Nimmo, Jessica, Gregory, Eva, Tiong, Audrey, De Almeida, Mary, McAuliffe, Gary N, Roberts, Sally A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3922547/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24491119
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2047-2994-3-5

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3922547/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24491119
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2047-2994-3-5

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